Sherman's Point reaches into the Bay of Quinte from the north shore. The lot is exposed to weather off the bay and the soil is soft clay over limestone, not a foundation problem you solve with a standard footing.
We engineered a helical screw pile foundation across the full footprint, with a poured concrete grade beam tying the piles into a continuous structural diaphragm. The pile installation took two weeks; the concrete pour, with the engineer on site, took one day. The foundation is overbuilt by intention, this is a year-round home meant to outlast its owners.
Above grade, the structure is a timber-frame hybrid. Dimensional lumber wall framing inside Douglas fir timber feature posts and trusses in the great room. The owners wanted the structure visible without making the building feel like a timber-frame template; the engineer and the framer worked through three iterations of the truss profile before we landed.
The build is approximately mid-way through framing as of this writing. Closeout is targeted for late next year. // REPLACE, final completion photos and detailed materials list pending.
Sherman's Point is the project that will become the case study for Bay of Quinte custom home work. It tells the story we want to tell about that region.
Spec.
- 01Helical screw pile foundation
- 02Poured concrete grade beam
- 03Douglas fir timber feature framing
- 04Dimensional lumber wall framing
- 05Standing-seam metal roof
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